For years, my grandmother would make the family rhubarb pie, with fresh rhubarb from her garden. It was both sickly sweet and sour at the same time. Normally, she was a fantastic cook, but I learned to loathe those f'ing pies.

"Others in the portfolio include Root, based on an 18th-century root tea recipe; and Snap, which combines ginger root with blackstrap molasses. Unlike its mildly bitter counterparts, Rhubarb Tea is subtly savory with a sweet finish, and is smooth enough at 80 proof to drink on its own."

Not so sure about a sticky sweet liquor, that'll fark you up in my experience.

"Others in the portfolio include Root, based on an 18th-century root tea recipe; and Snap, which combines ginger root with blackstrap molasses. Unlike its mildly bitter counterparts, Rhubarb Tea is subtly savory with a sweet finish, and is smooth enough at 80 proof to drink on its own."

Not so sure about a sticky sweet liquor, that'll fark you up in my experience.

What I REALLY want to find is some licorice or anise liqueur:

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But no one carries any around here, dammit.

I've got some Root in my cupboard. Goes well with a little birch beer, ginger beer, and root beer (obviously).

They only sell in PA, I think, since it's based in Philly. You might be able to order it online, depending on whether your state allows that.

theorellior:Buttle not Tuttle: There are a lot of new liquors coming out, some might be interesting, others, duds.

Oooh, this could be fun. Avocado liquor, anyone? Onion liquor? How about turnip liquor?

Onion, maybe for cooking of bloody marys, i dont think avacados have enough starch in them to get any worthwhile distillate from. Turnips would work, but they only have about half as much starch as potatoes.

"Others in the portfolio include Root, based on an 18th-century root tea recipe; and Snap, which combines ginger root with blackstrap molasses. Unlike its mildly bitter counterparts, Rhubarb Tea is subtly savory with a sweet finish, and is smooth enough at 80 proof to drink on its own."

Not so sure about a sticky sweet liquor, that'll fark you up in my experience.

What I REALLY want to find is some licorice or anise liqueur:

[www.drinkswap.com image 115x409]

But no one carries any around here, dammit.

I've got some Root in my cupboard. Goes well with a little birch beer, ginger beer, and root beer (obviously).

They only sell in PA, I think, since it's based in Philly. You might be able to order it online, depending on whether your state allows that.

They do sell Root and Snap in Maryland. Not sure how far they reach though.

foxyshadis:Like I said, I can't seem to find them around here. Well, maybe absinthe in the right places, but it's particularly Sambuca that I want to try. (Pernod is an absinthe, isn't it?)

Ah. I was just trying to help, thinking that perhaps you were fixated on the specific version you had in your pic, as I have been known to embark on serious quests to find a *specific* brand of a specific liqueur occasionally. You really can't find Sambuca? Figured that shiat was universal. Jaeger is mostly anise, too, if you're desperate... but maybe you can't even get that.

Pernod makes an absinthe, but also makes a "Pernod" anise liqueur. Not sure how big the difference is (other than the wormwood, in the real absinthe), as I don't care much for anise, frankly. Not my thing, but to each their own!

Good luck in your hunt. (And can I ask where you are that you can't get them? (Err, nothing personal, just so I don't ever wind up moving to a place with an unusually limited liquor supply chain. : ) ))

SFSailor:foxyshadis: Like I said, I can't seem to find them around here. Well, maybe absinthe in the right places, but it's particularly Sambuca that I want to try. (Pernod is an absinthe, isn't it?)

Ah. I was just trying to help, thinking that perhaps you were fixated on the specific version you had in your pic, as I have been known to embark on serious quests to find a *specific* brand of a specific liqueur occasionally. You really can't find Sambuca? Figured that shiat was universal. Jaeger is mostly anise, too, if you're desperate... but maybe you can't even get that.

Pernod makes an absinthe, but also makes a "Pernod" anise liqueur. Not sure how big the difference is (other than the wormwood, in the real absinthe), as I don't care much for anise, frankly. Not my thing, but to each their own!

Good luck in your hunt. (And can I ask where you are that you can't get them? (Err, nothing personal, just so I don't ever wind up moving to a place with an unusually limited liquor supply chain. : ) ))

It's quite possible that I haven't been looking in the right places here in Fresno. The grocery stores have been absolutely overrun by boutique vodkas in the past couple of years, though, and it's pushed all but the most mainstream of other liquors out; I can't even find basic mixers like bitters at my closest grocery stores, it's all skinny girl shiat now.

We have a BevMo way up north, I probably need to sign up with them and check out the selection, that's where all the bars get their stuff. I know you had to work in a restaurant to purchase for a long time, I don't know if that's still the case.

Like I said, I can't seem to find them around here. Well, maybe absinthe in the right places, but it's particularly Sambuca that I want to try. (Pernod is an absinthe, isn't it?)

Where the hell do you live, rural alaska? Just about every liquor store I've been into (including every state owned one) is stocking absinthe these days, and Pernod is common enough too. Though the Pernod you see here is usually the neutered stuff, not actual absinthe. I'm sure it tastes great too.

There's your problem. When grocery stores sell liquor, they only tend to stock the high volume stuff. I would never go to one looking for something much more obscure than the top 3-4 brands in each category.

Hit up a specialty liquor store. They'll have a real selection of stuff to choose from. Doesn't have to be a BevMo or some other giant chain, either.